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Welcome to the blog…
Health insurance is a complicated topic. I’m in the business, and I struggle at times to understand the benefits, the coverages, the rules and the jargon. And as health care changes, the health insurance business changes right along with it.
Harvard Pilgrim’s also gone through a significant amount of change over the past few years. […]
More »What is the Harvard Pilgrim Foundation?
Most people may not even know that Harvard Pilgrim has a Foundation, much less what it does. Well, among other things, it supports the Institute for Linguistic and Cultural Skills, which provides in- person cultural competency training and education to providers and employers around the region. Most recently, Institute Director Shani Dowd told me they were recently […]
More »Harvard Pilgrim is…
Harvard Pilgrim is a non-profit health plan located in Massachusetts. We’re licensed to sell and service health insurance solutions in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. We also have an expansive physician and hospital network in Rhode Island, which supports some members who get their coverage in Massachusetts, but receive their health care in Rhode Island. We have about […]
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